| 100% | ATONE | 5 | When the mouse ran down the clock (2 wds.) |
| 79% | ATONE | 5 | When the mouse ran down the clock |
| 58% | ATONE | 5 | When "the mouse ran down" |
| 57% | SKILODGE | 8 | Place to warm up after a run down the slopes: 2 wds. |
| 53% | ROTTENEGG | 9 | What the "last one in" is, when running to the pool: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SIXO | 4 | ___'clock, when the clock hands form a straight vertical line: 2 wds. |
| 51% | BERNIEBREWER | 12 | Miller Park MLB mascot who goes down a big yellow slide when the home team hits a home run (2 wds.) |
| 51% | HICKORY | 7 | __ dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock |
| 51% | SKIPOLES | 8 | Items used for balance when schussing down the slopes (2 wds.) |
| 50% | DEADHEAT | 8 | Race outcome when more than one runner finishes at the same time: 2 wds. |
| 49% | TAKEAKNEE | 9 | Safely run down the clock, in football |
| 47% | KENTUCKYDERBY | 13 | Annual event at Churchill Downs known as "The Run for the Roses" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | LOWTIDE | 7 | When the most beach sand is visible: 2 wds. |
| 46% | PUTIT | 5 | "___ down" ("drop the gun"): 2 wds. |
| 46% | WASAT | 5 | "I ___ school when the earthquake happened.": 2 wds. |
| 46% | GOAWOL | 6 | Run off while in the military: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SAIDSO | 6 | "Because I ___!" (laid down the law): 2 wds. |
| 46% | TOOKAKNEE | 9 | Ran the clock down, in football |
| 46% | TAKEAKNEE | 9 | Run the clock down, in football |
| 45% | KEVINWARE | 9 | 40-Across player who used crutches when he cut down the basketball net after his team won the NCAA tournament: 2 wds. |
| 45% | AMAN | 4 | "Don't kick ___ when he's down": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ARED | 4 | Run ___ light (disregard the stop traffic signal): 2 wds. |
| 45% | ANOTE | 5 | "Please make ___ of the instructions." (jot down): 2 wds. |
| 45% | LEAPYEAR | 8 | When February 29 is added to the calendar: 2 wds. |
| 45% | NORTHCAROLINA | 13 | Runner-up in the 2016 NCAA Basketball Championship: 2 wds. |
| 45% | IDO | 3 | Words said after being walked down the aisle: 2 wds. |
| 44% | GASCAP | 6 | Cover removed when refueling the car: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ATONE | 5 | When the mouse was gone from the clock, according to the nursery rhyme |
| 44% | AROAD | 5 | "There runs ___ by Merrow Down..." (Kipling verse): 2 wds. |
| 44% | PLANB | 5 | Alternate solution when the first one fails: 2 wds. |